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Returning for it's sixth year, this fun evening of music by three of Arizona's best Folk and Americana entertainers is sure to please young and old alike. Linda Bilque has been part of the line up for the last 5 years. Joining Linda this year we welcome the amazing Three Legged Dog and the popular duo of JC and Laney who just about sold out the place by themselves two years ago. This is a very reasonably priced show presented in the intimate setting of the Higley Little Theater.

Chris Proctor, winner of the U.S. National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship, and popular Sugarhouse, Rounder, Flying Fish and Windham Hill recording artist will be performing in concert. An internationally recognized 6 and 12-string guitarist, composer, recording artist, performer, and clinician for Taylor Guitars, Proctor has produced several books and videos that teach his techniques and compositions for solo guitar, and writes extensively for the guitar press. He is touring to promote his new release and tenth solo recording, Close and Personal Friends, on Sugarhouse Records, and his recent concert/interview DVD on Stefan Grossman’s Vestapol Video Guitar Artistry series, Morning Thunder.

Chris Proctor is known around the western world as one of the modern masters of fingerstyle guitar, and is at the forefront of contemporary steel-string guitar. Since winning the National Fingerstyle Guitar competition, he has toured constantly in North America and Europe, releasing a steady stream of recordings of his compositions and arrangements. His music is rooted in classic Americana- spiced with soul, folk, Celtic, jazz, pop, and classical flavors, all of which are in evidence in the 9 finely-crafted medleys which comprise Close and Personal Friends, a stunning set of arrangements of the music he grew up with.

He has appeared on two popular Windham Hill Guitar Samplers and was senior clinician for Taylor Guitars for more than twenty years. To honor him Taylor manufactured 100 "Chris Proctor Signature Model" guitars to his unique design specifications.

An evening with "Peter, Paul and Mary Remembered" will rekindle your fond memories of those times when we "came of age" and of the music that made it happen. The members of the group grew up during the heyday of the folk music movement. Peter, Paul and Mary were a mainstay of the era who helped guide many through the changing times.

"Blowin' in the Wind", "Five Hundred Miles", "Leavin' on a Jet Plane", "Stewball", "Puff", and "If I Had a Hammer" are just a few of the favorites you will enjoy.

Joe Scott and Hannah Alkire joined forces on the music scene in 1998. This confluence of two gifted musicians has resulted in the internationally acclaimed duo, Acoustic Eidolon.

Joe Scott performs on a unique, custom designed double-neck guitjo, a banjo/guitar combination created exclusively by Joe and deemed by USA Today as “a beautiful harp-like sounding instrument…. like nothing they’ve ever heard before.” The double-neck guitjo has 14 strings. Joe can play both necks simultaneously, a technique he developed over time which continues to awe his peers as well as Acoustic Eidolon’s audiences.

Hannah Alkire was classically trained on the cello. She studied with G. Magyar of the Hungarian String Quartet and has won accolades worldwide for her exquisite tone and mesmerizing emotion she puts into each performance. Her inquisitive nature has prompted her to take her cello playing into uncharted territories, risky moves that have continued her reputation as a tour-de-force in cello performance.

Hollywood is a theatrical sensation! Hollywood’s favorite characters and stories are brought to life with elegant costumes, breathtaking lifts, and beautiful ballroom dancing. Audiences are swept away watching stars like Fred Astarie, Ginger Rodgers, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and more, dancing to the music from the movies that made them famous.

Hollywood features dances such as the elegant American foxtrot to Gene Kelly’s "Singing in the Rain", the intense Spanish Paso Doble to the music from "The Legend of Zorro", the majestic Austrian Waltz to the timeless "Moon River" and so much more. This 90 minute on-stage production has both majestic and scintillating choreography performed by some of the top ballroom dancers in the world. Hollywood is a show that everyone will love.

NELSON ILLUSIONS is the largest touring illusion show in the United States, carrying over 30,000 pounds of equipment, and is 3 times larger than any other touring illusion show. Nelson Illusions features the largest illusion ever seen: the 21-foot-long Drill of Death which goes through a woman and lifts her 18 feet in the air. Nelson Illusions is a one-of-a-kind theatrical spectacle that combines rare & original illusions from around the world with award winning, jaw-dropping magic. The show features 4 Master Magicians, each with an exciting, engaging, original style. The show combines a thoroughly entertaining blend of mystery, drama, romance, & comedy with some of the most beautiful & astonishing stage magic in existence today... And audience members are brought on stage to share the wonder!

NELSON ILLUSIONS is 90 minutes of the BEST Magical Entertainment around.